Psychic Reading and Science

Money reading is the ability of man to make predictionsbeyond reasonable doubt the authenticity of the
about future events and give interpretation of historicalpractice of the psychic readers. They study of
events in the life of man. Psychic reading is as old asastrology reading by some scientists showed that
humanity itself. The practice of horoscope readingpsychic readers' claims are nothing but illusions and
started as a result of mans quest to give meaning topsychic reading is nothing but exploitative. What
his life. The world in which man found himself is apsychic readers are using is more or less a trial and
mysterious one. To be able to explain the mysteries oferror method. Some of the psychic readers use
life man need the assistance of a superior being. Manpersonality analysis to predict human behavior since
uses psychic reading as a means to explain certainthe knowledge of personality analysis improves self
occurrence is his life like the untimely death of a lovedawareness.
one or some natural disaster that is beyond.According to critics, there is no parameter for knowing
Astrology reading when put side by side with thethe authenticity of a psychic readers predictions. They
natural seems to have the same objectives and similarobserved that in the past and even now one event
methods. Both seem to use the method ofcan be given different interpretations by different
observation in their inquiry like astrology. Howeverpsychic readers. The result is deception. Man is left in a
science and psychic reading differ greatly in manyhopeless condition since there is no way of finding out
aspects.which psychic reader is telling the truth. Truth is one
Science is the systematic study of the physical andand cannot be two. But this is not so with the natural
natural world. Science restricts its activities on thescience. Natural science grows through the method of
physical realm and does not claim to operate on theobservation, formulation of hypothesis, testing of
metaphysical realm as psychic readers.hypothesis and then formulation of theory based on
Horoscope reading has been criticized by critics largelythe experiment carried out. In natural science the result
because it does not follow the method of the naturalof every research is verifiable. Based on this criterion
science. Psychic reading lacks empirical verification.of verifiability of natural science the foundation of
The compliance of psychic reading to the method ofpsychic reading has been doubted by many scientists.
natural science makes some to raise objection to theHowever, the adherent of numerology reading have
practice of clairvoyant reading. They argue thatpointed out that horoscope reading is beyond the
everything is supposed to have a scientific explanation.scope of natural science and therefore cannot be
No scientific explanation has been able to explainsubjected to the criteria of natural science.